From cde9070d9970eef1f7ec2360586c802a16230ad8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: hc <hc@nodka.com> Date: Fri, 10 May 2024 07:43:50 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] rtl88x2CE_WiFi_linux driver --- kernel/Documentation/driver-api/gpio/drivers-on-gpio.rst | 15 +++++++++++---- 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/Documentation/driver-api/gpio/drivers-on-gpio.rst b/kernel/Documentation/driver-api/gpio/drivers-on-gpio.rst index f3a1893..41ec3cc 100644 --- a/kernel/Documentation/driver-api/gpio/drivers-on-gpio.rst +++ b/kernel/Documentation/driver-api/gpio/drivers-on-gpio.rst @@ -89,13 +89,20 @@ Consumer Electronics Control bus using only GPIO. It is used to communicate with devices on the HDMI bus. +- gpio-charger: drivers/power/supply/gpio-charger.c is used if you need to do + battery charging and all you have to go by to check the presence of the + AC charger or more complex tasks such as indicating charging status using + nothing but GPIO lines, this driver provides that and also a clearly defined + way to pass the charging parameters from hardware descriptions such as the + device tree. + Apart from this there are special GPIO drivers in subsystems like MMC/SD to read card detect and write protect GPIO lines, and in the TTY serial subsystem to emulate MCTRL (modem control) signals CTS/RTS by using two GPIO lines. The MTD NOR flash has add-ons for extra GPIO lines too, though the address bus is usually connected directly to the flash. -Use those instead of talking directly to the GPIOs using sysfs; they integrate -with kernel frameworks better than your userspace code could. Needless to say, -just using the appropriate kernel drivers will simplify and speed up your -embedded hacking in particular by providing ready-made components. +Use those instead of talking directly to the GPIOs from userspace; they +integrate with kernel frameworks better than your userspace code could. +Needless to say, just using the appropriate kernel drivers will simplify and +speed up your embedded hacking in particular by providing ready-made components. -- Gitblit v1.6.2